This is the highest quality product available anywhere - and we will guarantee the best price you can find anywhere (comparable products only). if you can find a high quality product like this for a lower price we will match or beat it!

NOTE: IF NEEDED PLEASE INDICATE CUSTOM SIZE WITH YOUR ORDER - WE CAN CUT TO ANY SIZE (NO EXTRA FEE) - BUT YOU MUST INDICATE THE EXACT SIZE WITH YOUR ORDER. IF YOU HAVE AN UNUSUAL DIMENSION OR SHAPE TO CUT TO - WE CAN PROBABLY DO IT - BUT PLEASE WRITE US FIRST. STANDARD SIZES ARE NORMALLY SHIPPED OUT WITHIN 48 HOURS UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS (DEPENDS ON WORK LOAD - PLEASE CHECK WITH US FIRST) BUT CUSTOM PIECES ARE SHIPPED OUT ONCE A WEEK DUE TO THE EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF CARE AND PACKING THEY REQUIRE FOR SHIPPING WITHOUT BREAKAGE. PLEASE INQUIRE AS TO LEAD TIME IF YOU ARE IN A RUSH. PICKUP IN LOS ANGELES IS ENCOURAGED WHENVER POSSIBLE.

PRO KITS NOTE: WE OFFER MULTIPLE INSERT SETS FOR ALL SCANNER TYPES. JUST SELECT WHAT YOU NEED ACCORDING TO WHAT YOUR CARRIER HOLDS (FOR EXAMPLE - THE EPSON V700 and V800 SERIES WILL ACCEPT FOUR 35mm PIECES OR TWO (2) MEDIUM FORMAT PIECES.

NOTE: WE CAN ALSO PROVIDE CUSTOM SIZED GLASS INSERTS FORANY UNUSUAL NEEDS YOU MAY HAVE (VINTAGE FILM FORMATS LIKE 112, 620 or QUARTER PLATE ETC.). JUST ASK!

This is the product debut for a glass we have been working on formulated with a high profile german glass manufacturer for use in high quality scanners. The basic idea is that the glass is a perfect formulation for it's anti-newton ring properties as well as it's optical clarity. We start with a PRECISION glass blank which is flat to within one half the wavelength of green light and then is given a high frequency molded surface to prevent the formation of Newtons' rings without ANY possibility of refraction, interference or pattern being picked up by high resolution CCD scanning heads.

If you have an Epson V700 series scanner - these specially formulated glass blanks insert DIRECTLY into your existing Epson holder. NO wet mounting. No mess. See diagram below for explanation. The natural curve of the film is compressed by lowering the ANR face of this special glass directly onto it. No Newton's rings will appear. Our holder will keep your film flat to within one millimetre and easily inside the plane of ideal focus for your scanner (please note - in some cases you may need to raise the film holder itself on shims to find this idea plane - but it varies with each scanner). No longer will you ever have problems with focus.

Diagram 1: Cross-sectional diagram showing the flattening effect on film in medium format carrier. Some very slight flattening can be had by the standard carrier but most of the film is still well out of the plane of sharp focus. The results will surprise you!

Is it difficult to install?

Not at ALL! Simply remove the upper folding 'lid' of your existing Epson carrier (simply 'snaps' out) and place film in carrier and glass (with etched side down) on top of film, and you're done!

Examples:

above: full negative showing overall subject including area of detail at lowerright (with blue border).

above: Detail of scan (at 4800 dpi) extracted from the same scan to left. Contains phenomenal detail with SuperGlass™ scanning system. The stock Epson holder would not achieve this level of detail.

Museum of Natural History, London England - Scanned on Epson V700 at 4800 dpi with SuperGlass™ insert. Despite being a medium format negative, incredibly, this scan was used to print a lightjet print 68" in width.

Full size clip of detail area at right of photo above at 1:1 (4800 dpi).

All scans were done by us personally. Please do not reproduce any of the images above without permission. Thank you. All images and diagrams are unique and copyrighted 2014. Thank you.

PLEASE NOTE: ALL PRICES ARE FOR ONE PIECE ONLY. TWO PIECES ARE DEPICTED IN ABOVE PHOTO OF EPSON CARRIER.

As for enlargers, we can supply direct replacement pieces for DeVere, Durst, Saltzman, Omega, Beseler, Zone VI, and others. Please just let us know.

We are also happy to answer any questions you may have. Please call or write.